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Miss. ricin-letters case headed to grand jury

OXFORD, Miss. – A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others, an FBI agen...

Daughter voices anger at mom found after 11 years

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The teenage daughter of a woman who just revealed she abandoned her family 11 years ago said Thursday the disclosure has angered her and she is not eager to restart th...

Man killed after firing shot at Houston airport

HOUSTON – A man who had fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houston’s largest airport was killed after being confronted by a law enforcement official during an incident that sen...

N.J. governor signs overdose law, Bon Jovi applauds it

PATERSON, N.J. – Just a few months after his daughter survived a drug overdose, Jon Bon Jovi joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Thursday for the signing of a law to encourage reporti...

Venezuela opposition wants probe of violence

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s opposition on Thursday asked prosecutors to investigate a brawl on the floor of congress that injured several of its lawmakers and forced at least ...

World Briefs

Unidentified victims in Bangladesh buried JURAIN, Bangladesh – Dozens of Bangladeshi garment workers whose bodies were too battered or decomposed to be identified were buried in a...

5-year-old shoots 2-year-old to death at Kentucky home

BURKESVILLE, Ky. – In southern Kentucky, where children get their first guns even before they start first grade, Stephanie Sparks paid little attention as her 5-year-old son, Kristian, playe...

Jamestown colonists turned to cannibalism to survive, scholars say

WASHINGTON – Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditi...

Boston suspect’s friends accused of hiding evidence

BOSTON – Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of trying to protect him by going into his dorm room and getting rid o...

Chance for wildfires above normal

BOISE, Idaho – Two small but unseasonably early fires burning in northern California’s wine country and another wind-whipped blaze farther south likely are a harbinger of a nasty summer fire...

Nation Briefs

Immigration debate gives life to rallies LOS ANGELES – Demonstrators demanded an overhaul of immigration laws Wednesday in an annual, nationwide ritual that carried a special sens...

Gitmo closure elusive, Obama looks at other steps

WASHINGTON – Despite President Barack Obama’s new vow, closing the Guantanamo Bay prison is still a tough sell in Congress. So the White House may look instead toward smaller steps like tran...
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